What determines what becomes part of the base system?

JArchibald at aol.com JArchibald at aol.com
Wed Aug 26 15:59:02 UTC 1998


In a message dated 8/26/98 11:56:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time, arning at charm.net
writes:

> I find myself torn between wanting some of these things around (at least 
> sometimes) and wanting to keep Squeak simple and accessible. I don't have a 
> good idea on how to draw the line other than to err on the side of
simplicity

Why does all the good stuff have to be in the image? Can't we get a Goodies
collection together as fileIn's (or whatever), with the packages indicating
their dependencies on other Goodies (as well as the base system required)?

Jerry.





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